Omaha getting smaller in LSU's rearview mirror

12:41 AM,
Feb. 15, 2013

LSU's Tyler Hanover slides into third base during a game last season.

Written by

Glenn Guilbeau
gguilbeau@gannett.com

BATON ROUGE - This June will be the fourth anniversary of LSU's last national championship in baseball as well as last its trip to Omaha, Neb., for the College World Series.

It has been so long, there was only one ballpark there when LSU defeated Texas 11-4 on June 24, 2009, in Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium. The CWS moved to Ameritrade Park in Omaha in 2011.

LSU was eliminated in an NCAA Regional at UCLA in 2010. It won the Southeastern Conference Tournament again in 2011, but somehow was unable to receive an NCAA bid to the postseason. Last season, everything seemed right. The Tigers won the SEC regular ...